Nostr Web Client

An overwhelmingly large percentage of the Brazilian population literally LIVE on WhatsApp and IG. I’m not just talking their friends, and scrolling. I mean this is how almost EVERY business runs. They don’t have websites down here. They build their entire digital presences on those two apps.

If Zuckerberg’s transformation is real (dunno if I’m convinced, but who knows - crazier things have happened) and he allows for the kind of content X allowed to spread in Brazil, this Alexandre monkey would be STUCK.

There’s no WAY he could shut access to that down, without the entire country stopping. Literally nothing would work.

——-

This is a GREAT moment for Nostr, but we’ve still got a loooooong way to go before the network and the apps on it are robust.

In fact, similar to Wikileaks in the early days, we probably don’t want to draw too much attention right now to Nostr apps bc while the protocol itself is hard to censor, as was just seen, it’s very easy to censor an app.

Granted, it’s a bit like playing wackamole with Nostr, but once again, we’re not there yet. There probably needs to be 10x more *really good* apps, before we could even hope to sustain a forced shutdown in any country for that matter.

——-

Before anyone says “yeah but they’re only stopping themselves from getting on Nostr”

Duh…obviously. But these maniacs are also fucking over the very people who live in these countries and require some form of connectivity.

———

So anyway. Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think this would be a very interesting strategic play.

And if you play out the scenario, there’s a good chance that idiot de Moraes here in Brazil ends up trapped between:

1. Having to allow X to operate again, or

2. trying to apply the same pressure to WhatsApp / IG

3. allowing IG/Whatsapp to spread uncensored info, and thus losing his ability to censor anyway

All three scenarios, he loses.

Curious to hear what a few people think on this.

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Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

HODL

I’m a free speech absolutist. Always have been. Always will be.

Fuck Brazil.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Guy Swann

Found a new way to stay off of Twitter.

Set your VPN to Brazil 😆

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Vitor Pamplona

What scares me in Brazil's X ban is how overly broad the wording in the judge's decision is:

"Internet providers, on behalf of their presidents (makes it personal legal liability), must add technological obstacles (literally anything) capable of making the use of X unfeasible."

It's not about blocking IPs or domains. It doesn't prescribe any specifics. It names companies that must comply, but only as examples. And it seems to strip corporate protections and goes straight into personal liability. All in just a few sentences.

Too broad. No one should have this much power.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Laan Tungir

This isn't true.

Why? Because AI's are software, and software can't hold private keys.

Think about it. Imagine you are a software program, and you want to hold bitcoin. What are you going to do with your private key, such that the person who is running the computer you are on can't get it?

You could encrypt your private key, but then what are you going to do with the key to that encryption? Encrypting the key leads you down an infinite regress that gets you nowhere, because ultimately you have to have at least one final key that isn't encrypted.

There is a deep principle involved here, and that is: to utilize encryption YOU MUST BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY SECURE YOUR PRIVATE KEY.

You have to place your key somewhere where no other entity can physically access it, either because it is hidden, or because it is physically impossible to access.

To have and hold #bitcoin or a #nostr account, you have to be a computer or even better a robot/human. You can't simply be software.

So in the article, the AI's don't hold the crypto. Whomever holds the computer that the AI's are running on, holds the crypto.

Cryptographic keys are philosophically very deep. There is a lot there to explore, in terms of identity, and what it means to be human.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

BTC Sessions

One day on X in Brazil could cost you 7 months salary.

Probably a good time to get some sovereign money and censorship resistance social media.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Paloma Maria

So I just got DEBANKED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE 🥲

They asked me to re-KYC my account, after using it for 3yrs.

Then 2hrs later, they send me THIS email.

"Sorry we can't give you banking services, and we can't tell you why."

Husband sent money there to pay our rent, and now they're telling me they can't send the money to my Brazilian account (even though I've been doing that for months).

So no account AND they're holding the money hostage 🤡

Thank GOD my savings are in Bitcoin.

It's times like this you realise how crazy this world is.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Kanuto

made this - deep imo.

free speech is a human right.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE

X got banned in brazil, while Nostr was created by a brazilian.

#Nostr

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Humphrey

Good morning nostr!

It’s time to spread some love ❤️

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Derek Ross

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 💜🫂🤙🏻

Be the change.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Lyn Alden

Lol, Brazilians are heavily searching for "VPN" right now according to Google. One does love to see it:

Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Michael Fischer 1y ago

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Replying to

Victor Stabile

A Brazilian justice just ordered Apple and Google to ban not only X but also any VPN app. There’s also a $10k/day fine for any person using a VPN to access X. Unbelievable.

Michael Fischer 1y ago 💬 1

Victor, my website covers the basic To Dos in order to build a new, anonymous identity on the internet.

Before, we avoided using real names. Now, you must reckon with sb raiding your home.

Educating internet users on privacy and safety seems more important than ever.

This is why I collect information and publish it on my blog.

I just published my latest blog post on Tails: Leave No Trails with Tails OS

Tails OS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a privacy-focused Linux distribution designed to be used as a live operating system. It aims to preserve privacy and anonymity while using the internet. Here are some key features of Tails...

https://privacyandsafety.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/leave-no-trails-with-tails-os/

Michael Fischer 1y ago 💬 1

Leave No Trails with Tails OS

I just published my latest blog post on Tails:

Tails OS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a privacy-focused Linux distribution designed to be used as a live operating system. It aims to preserve privacy and anonymity while using the internet. Here are some key features of Tails...

https://privacyandsafety.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/leave-no-trails-with-tails-os/

Replying to

Derek Ross

What's a Nostr app that you want to use more often, but don't. Why?

Michael Fischer 1y ago

I just tried Gossip on Linux. Does not work. I return to Iris on Brave browser.

I also tried Iris on Firefox browser but my private key and/or public key is not correctly recognized when I sign in.

Replying to

Arjun Khemani

Max Keiser: I've always said that Bitcoin has no top, because fiat money has no bottom.

There's no backing for fiat money. It's just paper. And I think a couple of things we're going to see happening.

Number one: People will no longer accept fiat money for Bitcoin. So you're going to try to buy Bitcoin with your fiat money, and no one will take your fiat money. No one will take dollars at all.

So that will be a moment of panic. They’ll be like, "What? It's like, no, here's a million dollars. Here's $10 million. I want one Bitcoin." Like, "No. No way, amigo. We don't want that shit. It's worthless."

So that's going to be panic. Then people are going to have to trade in other stuff for Bitcoin, like gold, or their house, right? And then people are going to be panicked, and they shouldn't be panicked, because the world we live in now is a fake world that's been created with the hologram of fiat money. https://video.nostr.build/ece2c87470fcdd43575f1f6b26cc8089d4203a5cf377526a173bd60c513ca232.mp4

Michael Fischer 1y ago

You are so right.

Replying to

Vitor Pamplona

The last barrier has fallen. Humans are obsolete.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

This is very bad.

Replying to

Nunya Bidness

I’m sure he brought a beer and a snack too.

Michael Fischer 1y ago

Haha, sure.